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CORRECTION Folic Acid-Corn Tortillas
In this photo provided by Andrea Lopez, she cradles her son, Gabriel Cude, at a hospital Bakersfield, Calif., in 2011, where he was born with anencephaly, a rare and severe birth defect tied to a lack of folic acid, a key vitamin. (Courtesy Andrea Lopez via AP) CORRECTION: Corrects last name to Cude, instead of Crude.

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Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. More states are looking at it

MARCH 29, 2026

Pictures-of-the-Week-Global-Photo-Gallery
Initiates return after completing their passage to manhood at a traditional initiation school, in Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

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Local expertise breaks through culture of silence around deadly initiation rites in South Africa

MARCH 27, 2026

BeWell GLP-1s Healthy Habits
FILE - Runners make their way through Brooklyn during the New York City Marathon, Nov. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

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As demand for GLP-1 pills and shots surges, healthy habits are still key

MARCH 23, 2026

State of the Union
FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science

MARCH 19, 2026

COVID Deaths
FILE - Steve Grove, a chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center, prays in a COVID-19 patient's room, Dec. 10, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds

MARCH 18, 2026

Argentina Wine
Una persona sirve vino tinto a turistas durante una cata en la bodega Lagarde en Mendoza, Argentina, el jueves 12 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Rodrigo Abd)

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Bodegas argentinas buscan reinventarse ante la caída en el consumo de vino

MARCH 17, 2026

Be-Well-Stair Climbing
FILE - Participants make make their way up 86 flights of stairs during the 35th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up in New York, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

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Stair climbers love their exercise, even when security guards act like they’re up to something

MARCH 16, 2026

Cuba Drug Use
Personas bajo la influencia de sustancias desconocidas duermen en un banco afuera de una iglesia donde ocasionalmente reciben alimentos donados en La Habana, Cuba, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Ramón Espinosa)

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Crece el consumo de drogas sintéticas en Cuba; jóvenes buscan ayuda en el Estado y la fe

MARCH 12, 2026

Be Well-Dementia Risk
FILE - A section of a preserved human brain on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

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Challenging your brain helps keep it healthy. Here’s how to do it

MARCH 9, 2026

Iran War Protest
Children hold a sign protesting war against Iran during an antiwar demonstration at Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Navigating conversations with children about war, conflict and other traumatic events

MARCH 4, 2026

Profound Autism
Ronan Murphy hugs his mother, Andrea, while looking at the snow falling outside their home in Ayer, Mass., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

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AP cuts through confusion and misinformation about autism with focus on profound needs

FEB. 20, 2026

AP Poll Birth Rates
FILE - A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

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Early prenatal care, considered best for moms and babies, is on the decline in the US

FEB. 19, 2026

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